Limnognathia
Sign in to saveLimnognathia is a genus of microscopic acoelomate freshwater animal that was discovered in Disko Island, Greenland, in 1994. Since then, it has also been found on the Crozet Islands of Antarctica as well as in the British Isles and the Spanish Pyrenees, suggesting a worldwide distribution. There are two known species of Limnognathia: L. maerski, described in 2000, and L. desmeti, described in 2025.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Limnognathia is referenced by 236 other articles, and connects out to phylum, reproductive system and Rotifera.
Vinony files it under Gnathifera (clade), Microscopic animals and Platyzoa genera.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- monotypic taxon
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- Description
- Feeding
- Anatomy
- Reproduction
- Taxonomy and phylogeny
- Taxonomic status
- Species
- Phylogeny
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Limnognathia is a genus of microscopic acoelomate freshwater animal that was discovered in Disko Island, Greenland, in 1994. Since then, it has also been found on the Crozet Islands of Antarctica as well as in the British Isles and the Spanish Pyrenees, suggesting a worldwide distribution. There are two known species of Limnognathia: L. maerski, described in 2000, and L. desmeti, described in 2025.
Limnognathia is the only genus in the phylum Micrognathozoa ("small-jawed animal").
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